勾
gōuGōugòu HSK7

hook

勾 gōu frequency
gou verb
the first leg of the right-angled triangle (the shorter side) in ancient Chinese mathematics.

勾三股四弦五。

gōu sān gǔ sì xián wǔ.

In a right triangle, the legs are 3 and 4, and the hypotenuse is 5.

collude verb
to conspire or join together for an illicit or dishonest purpose

这两个人内外勾通，把公司的公款给私吞了。

zhè liǎng gè rén nèi​wài gōu tōng, bǎ gōng​sī de gōng​kuǎn gěi sī​tūn le.

These two people colluded from within and without to embezzle the company's funds.

hook verb
to catch with a hook or something shaped like a hook

他的衣服被树枝勾住了。

tā de yī​fu bèi shù​zhī gōu zhù le.

His clothes were caught on a branch.

evoke verb
to arouse, attract, or call forth feelings, memories, or interest

这张老照片勾起了我对童年的回忆。

zhè zhāng lǎo zhào​piàn gōu qǐ le wǒ duì tóng​nián de huí​yì.

This old photo evoked memories of my childhood.

tick verb
to mark with a tick or strike out text with a stroke

他在名单上勾掉了几个人的名字。

tā zài míng​dān shàng gōu diào le jǐ gè rén de míng​zi.

He crossed several names off the list.

sketch verb
to delineate or draw the outline of something

她在那张白纸上很快勾出了家乡小路的草图。

tā zài nà zhāng bái​zhǐ shàng hěn kuài gōu​chū le jiā​xiāng xiǎo​lù de cǎo​tú.

She quickly sketched out the paths of her hometown on that blank sheet of paper.

勾 Gōu
surname proper name
surname Gou

勾先生是我的同事。

Gōu xiān​sheng shì wǒ de tóng​shì.

Mr. Gou is my colleague.

勾 gòu
business noun
used in the word 勾当 gòu​dàng, meaning business or affair

他们两个私下里经常做一些见不得人的勾当。

tā​men liǎng gè sī​xià​lǐ jīng​cháng zuò yī​xiē jiàn​bu​dé​rén de gòu dàng.

The two of them often engage in shady dealings in private.

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,034th most common 35.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,818th most common 26.5 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
10.2 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
13.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+52FE

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)